expression/understanding emotion Flashcards
positive emotions
3-8 w: smile to external stimuli
6-10 w ‘social smiles’ directed towards people (7m: smile of familiar people )
3-4m: laughing and smilling during activiites
2y making other people laugh
negative emotions
difficulty in distinguishing negative motions
2y less difficult
first observation: distress
4m wary of diff object
6-7 m : first sign of fear
8 m: dev of separation anxiety
2y fear of stranger ends , but variable
anger
mixed w sadness
12 m: clear expression of anger
18-24 m peak expression of anger
decline related to communication skills & emotional regulation
self conscious emotions
embarrassment, pride, guilt, shame
emerge 2y
develops bc:
- need sense of self
- reflecting on urself/ ur behavior
- knowing good/bad
guilt and shame
guilt: thinking u’ve done wrong, feeling remorseful about behavior -associated w empathy, desire to undo consequences
- parenting: emphasize & discuss behavior ‘u did a bad thing’
- culture: feel sorry and feel like u shouldn’t have done it
shame: thinking u’ve done wrong & feeling exposed/consious about it, focus is on self (who u are) desire to withdraw from social interaction
parenting: emphasize badness of child ‘ ur a bad boy’
culture: feel lousy about myself
dev of emotional understanding
4-7 m discrimination of emotion
-> discriminate facial displays of happiness, fear , surprise
not same as understanding
social referencing
use facial expressions and voice of parent to react to novel situation
understanding other emotional reaction guides own behavior
if behavior appropriate then we infer they understand emotional expression
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visual cliff study
more liekely to cross when referencing posiitve signals
12-18m
emotional understanding
emotional cues guide behaviour when they’re appropriatelly socially referenced
emotional vocab
labelling, helps communication about own and other behavior
-> enables socially appropriate and adaptative responses: critical to successful social relationships
